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Trump Flips Out at House Committee After It Requests Secret Capitol Riot Documents
SOMETHING TO HIDE?
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Correspondent-At-Large
Updated Aug. 26, 2021 5:02AM ET /
Published Aug. 26, 2021 4:35AM ET
Carlos Barria via Reuters
mucifer
(23,478 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,141 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)The House Select Committee will be letting in much needed sunlight and fresh air.
Bluethroughu
(5,141 posts)Then we can all breathe easier.
Harker
(13,976 posts)And there's sufficient representation to be truly bipartisan.
smb
(3,471 posts)...or maybe just overloaded Depends.
Scrivener7
(50,911 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,581 posts)I knew you could.
Harker
(13,976 posts)I've never heard of "former executive privilege."
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)You'd think that after four years in the White House, some of it might have rubbed off on him. He not only thought he was King while he was president, he still thinks that.
Harker
(13,976 posts)It's pretty clear that the lawyers working on his behalf have no understanding of the law, either.
Most of what they say is at least grammatical tripe, which sets their statements apart from his own absurd, inane tripe.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)PatSeg
(47,260 posts)Maine Abu El Banat
(3,479 posts)He's speaking to his brain dead base. It's all about firing them up.
Harker
(13,976 posts)Maine Abu El Banat
(3,479 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)fwvinson
(488 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)His next gaggle of legal advisors are going to be those who advertise on billboards.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,548 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)The SCOTUS also ruled that he had to hand over the infamous tapes.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,548 posts)Both Bush and Obama issued EOs allowing former presidents to claim executive privilege over their records. Biden could rescind those EOs, but I doubt he will.
Harker
(13,976 posts)It'll be interesting to find out who and what doesn't enjoy the protections offered.
I'll remain hopeful. For now.
GoCubsGo
(32,074 posts)Your presidential powers ended at noon on January 20th, you fuckwit.
Anything that manages to get blocked will hopefully be leaked by real patriots.
Harker
(13,976 posts)Personally, I'd take a pint of porter before I'd take the Fifth.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Celerity
(43,099 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,987 posts)Dumb Trump still hasn't figured out that he was just an employee.
2naSalit
(86,323 posts)Not that he ever saw it that way.
onetexan
(13,020 posts)Exec priv no longer applies, sucka Con
NoMoreRepugs
(9,371 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,074 posts)malaise
(268,693 posts)He's no longer in charge - why does he want to keep these documents secret?
KS Toronado
(17,147 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,520 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,548 posts)Both Bush and Obama issued EOs allowing former presidents to claim it for their records.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,371 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,125 posts)In other news, dog bites man.
chowder66
(9,054 posts)Ohioboy
(3,238 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,044 posts)Really, the stupidity of this moron increases by the week.
usaf-vet
(6,161 posts)kentuck
(111,052 posts)Maybe people will let him have his way?
Botany
(70,447 posts)KS Toronado
(17,147 posts)Is he referring to the insurrectionists?
kentuck
(111,052 posts)...along with the rest of the lemmings.
orangecrush
(19,409 posts)Throwing people under the bus!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,151 posts)So far, the clouds seen unfazed by his yelling at them. He sure is stirring up a lot of mud, though.
ananda
(28,834 posts)He's yesterday's toast.
ShazzieB
(16,272 posts)There's nothing like the smell of Schadenfreude first thing in the morning.
Old Mango Mussolini is sweating bullets and throwing a hissy fit, and it's sooooooooooo much fun to watch!
George II
(67,782 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,697 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,135 posts)First he claims there is no wrong doing.
Then he claims there is no evidence for wrong doing.
Then he claims you can't look at the evidence.
Then he claims the evidence doesn't indicate he's committed crime.
Then he gets some stooges to claim the evidence isn't evidence of a crime.
Then he slithers away into his hole while everyone talks about the obvious evidence to his crime........they talk and write reports about the many crimes of TFG...........
Wednesdays
(17,312 posts)AllaN01Bear
(17,987 posts)for whitewater ? secret . u aint got diddly squat.and a wasteful war to boot.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Putin and other world leaders. Cant wait until that stuff is released. Literally Trump is the biggest traitor in American History. Unlike Benedict Arnold who was one of our beat generals who felt under appreciated and when he didnt turn the British viewed him as a traitor as well. Benedict Donald did nothing for our country and once it all comes out he should rot in prison. Trump, if he could have would have been a leader like Idi Amin storing the heads of his enemies in his freezer. Other evil leaders at least had evil motives and evil ideologies. Trump is just an evil bastard with no redeeming qualities.
Rebl2
(13,462 posts)If there is nothing to hide, why are you whining and trying to stop the investigation. Oh by the way, you are NOT the president and no longer have executive privilege, nor do you have presidential powers🙄
samsingh
(17,590 posts)rurallib
(62,379 posts)That is where he really belongs anyway.
smb
(3,471 posts)When he's no longer useful to Daddy Vladdy, all he's going to get is a nice cup of tea for old times' sake.
Beetwasher.
(2,967 posts)She grinds slowly, but mighty fine.
Peacetrain
(22,872 posts)kentuck
(111,052 posts)...take 'em to court.
Too bad others don't feel the same way about him. They have no evidence.
Ford_Prefect
(7,870 posts)Especially since Kushner and the others no longer hang with Donny-the-Q.
orangecrush
(19,409 posts)MontanaMama
(23,295 posts)and quickly.
Jon King
(1,910 posts)In fact Obama was the one who signed an order to clarify it. Both current and former Presidents can assert it. There are several classifications of privilege, the one regarding communications of the President and his office are pretty broad.
This will have to be overcome in the courts on a case by case basis and could drag on for years. The Trumpers could indeed make this a long drawn out process like they do with everything else.
LymphocyteLover
(5,636 posts)Phil the Kilibuster
(82 posts)I for one am shocked!
kentuck
(111,052 posts)He is now a common citizen. He has no executive privilege.
Make the Court decide, if that is what he wants?
Put it on the fast track.
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Go review the Obama and Kagan situation. Regarding communications with advisers any former President can assert executive privilege. There are multiple layers to the privilege. Some things they can protect, others they can not.
This will be a very drawn out court fight with lots of gray areas.
kentuck
(111,052 posts)Retired Engineer Bob
(759 posts)Didnt TFG make all his minions sign NDAs? That should help lock things up for years.
Im unsure whether the thingy is appropriate or not.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)CousinIT
(9,218 posts)malthaussen
(17,175 posts)Oh, wait, that was Nixon.
Or, as Doonesbury had it, "It's not just about me, it's about future ex-Presidents."
-- Mal
SWBTATTReg
(22,065 posts)going after rump and his financial crimes (over-inflating the value of his assets to get loans, undervalue his assets in paying taxes) accelerate their efforts 1000%. It's time that tax payers quit footing the bill for this deadbeat so-called-billionaire slumlord...I'm getting tired of paying for this scumbag and his assertion of executive privilege after the fact, for his criminal actions while in office. We've already been through this via Nixon. No one is above the law. No one.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Moebym
(989 posts)musette_sf
(10,198 posts)Blue Owl
(50,259 posts)Crank up the hellfires for Diablo Donny
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Hey numb nuts - that ship has sailed
LuckyCharms
(17,413 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)You arent in office now so go to Hell you self centered loser, quit throwing tantrums.